Our team

Abdul G Sait

Group CEO and Venture Catalyst

He leads by example. Dynamic and achievement oriented, Abdul G Sait, kick-started his first entrepreneurial initiative- a risk and wealth management company, Basket Option Pvt Ltd. during his 2nd year MBA in 2004.

A serial entrepreneur since then, he has to his credit over 20 plus successful ventures, each speeding towards category leadership position in their respective domains.

A strategist with a great positive outlook, his strength lies in getting together the best team. ideation and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. With his "go-getter" drive he creates a contagious work ethos that is upbeat, bullish and goal driven.

Highly respected in industry circles for his innovative initiatives, business acumen and trailblazing success, Abdul prefers to attribute his achievements to his fundamental belief- 'Success against all odds, IS real success.'

An outstanding orator, he has been a distinguished speaker in top B-schools of India, inspiring all those he meets. Abdul, is also an active member of networking forums like TIE, NHRD, BNI and prides himself in representing India as the Cultural Ambassador to Canada as a part of Rotary Club's Cultural Exchange Program.

Adithya Kumar K.C

General Manager

KC Adithya kumar, an M.COM in Financial Accounting and Marketing, is a dynamic, result-oriented and self-motivated professional with 25 years of extensive sales and marketing experience with reputed organizations. His proven leadership skills, team building skills, excellent organizational skills, and communication skills make him extremely capable of motivating a sales force. A forerunner in training and developing sales professionals into industry experts, he has coached employees on products and effective sales methodology. He has consistently achieved set sales goals in the stipulated time frame during his career. During his twelve years of employment with LIC, he became the top performer for 8 consecutive years and was the youngest person in the division who attained this achievement. He has also worked in HDFC Bank Global Private ltd (Subsidiary of HDFC Bank ltd.) for 6 years as Sr. Sales Manager and during this period he successfully achieved a growth of 150% in sales in all years consecutively. He is currently working in Basket Option private ltd as a G.M for the past 8 years.

Athar SMY

National Head

Athar SMY is a dictionary of Insurance all by himself. A PGDMBA holder from Tasmac, Athar has around 28 years of experience with 18 years in the insurance industry, having worked with companies like Max Life Insurance, New India Assurance, Bajaj Allianz, HDFC Standard Life etc.Athar has a penchant for details and an uncanny knackof keeping customers comfortable and not anxious. He is excellent when it comes to PR work.A strong believer in the philosophy that learning is a lifelong process, he is currently pursuing Financial Planning certificate course.

Sri Harsha B.S

National Head

A profound strategist, Sri Harsha has been a part of Basket Option from the initial days. As a founding member, he has undertaken challenging roles as an intrapreneur in the organization. His strength lies in his team building and mentoring capabilities. He is also an expert in retail and corporate client acquisition, having acquired more than 3,000 retail clients. He has been the masterbrain behind a lot of innovative ideas in the organization which has helped in scaling up the operations and processes. Having begun his career at the age of 19, Sri Harsha believes that experience counts more than education.

B.Deepak Kumar

Co-Founder & CEO

Deepak is an MBA in finance from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He Left his father's business to start his own. He believes that Self Identity and experience is important for personal development.money will always follow. He is a strategist and a quick thinker during crisis. He has addressed 20,000+ students in the last 6 months.

Kishore.B.S

COO & Co-Founder, Educesta Global Services Pvt. Ltd.

Kishore is a Finance professional but is a Passionate Marketing Individual, He is a PGDBM from WLC College, Bangalore. With over 11 years of experience & has worked with firms like Reliance, GE, Indiabulls etc. He is present across many networking forums and has played a key role in BNI. A Digital Marketing expert by choice, and does take care of more than 25 active pages on Facebook and does SEO and other related activities in his leisure.

Under Educesta takes care and nurtures 9 different education verticals and is a speaker on Subjects like Digital Marketing & Stock Markets and is given sessions across all major colleges in and around Bangalore.
Kishore is a quick learner and has keenness in having himself updated about the happenings in world of Business and Technology.

Nehal Batheja

Co – Founder and CEO, Red Lounge Capital

Nehal is an Asset Manager and financial coach. Professionally a Commerce Graduate and an Associate Financial Planner, Nehal is the master brain behind Red Lounge Capital, a financial services company that and manages portfolios of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) across various asset classes. Red Lounge also manages foreign assets from its international office in Dubai.
Prior to being an entrepreneur, Nehal started his career with Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst and later moved to International Money Matters Pvt Ltd, where he managed the NRI Business. He aims at consulting clients achieve financial freedom by helping them realize their financial goals through his expertise in integrated advisory and wealth management.

Karthik Kittu

CEO of Passion Connect

Karthik Kittu's focus at Basket Option is on Product Development and Technology. Gifted with a high restlessness quotient he has dabbled in varied fields. He constantly tries to bring his interests in travel, photography, technology & psychology to impact societal change.
Karthik has 10+ Years of Experience having worked with many Fortune 100 Clients & for Infosys, Dimension-data & most recently KPMG before he decided to turn entrepreneur. He has served Rotaract, the Youth wing of Rotary International for 13 years and was President of South Asia leading and mentoring about 50,000+ volunteers. He now serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Board. He has delivered leadership lectures at many places in the world and also served as a cultural & Vocational Ambassador to USA as part of the Rotary Foundation. He is a member of Data Security Council of India, Information Systems Audit and Control Association, USA, Traffic Warden with Bangalore City Traffic Police & a Mythologist at Natanam.edu.in. He also is a Paul Harris Fellow & a Startingbloc Fellow. He holds a Bachelor’s in Science & Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Bangalore University and a Certificate in Mythology from the Center for Theology, Berkeley, USA.
Karthik has been recognized by the Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka for his social entrepreneurship projects & from the Hon’ble Governor of Odisha for his yeomen service to society. He also was awarded the ‘Service above Self’ Award (The highest honor given to a Rotaractor in Asia) from the Chairman of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and ‘Lead the Change’ award from the President of Rotary International for his self-less leadership & service. He aims to create a new eco-system in helping an individual discover his/her passion and follow it.

He aims to create a new eco-system in helping an individual discover his/her passion and follow it.

Shubham Deva

CTO & Chief Product Architect of Passion Connect

Shubham Deva, a engineer in Mathematics and Scientific Computing from IIT Kanpur, is the Chief Research Officer at BasketOption. He is currently heading 52WeekHigh , the research bureau of BasketOption. He is an expert in Mathematics and Statistics, Probability Distribution, Quantitative Analysis, Stochastic Process, Data Mining, Time Series, Mathematical Finance and much more.. He has worked in Finstream Financial Advisors as a Financial Analyst making quantitative models for trading. He has headed the Business Club and Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kanpur. Prior to his forte into Basket Option, he had an early stint with entrepreneurship as a student with two startups - tokeri.com which was a campus platform to buy and sell things, and sirftshirt.com which is an exclusive website for tshirts.

A passionate entrepreneur, he believes in hard, smart and efficient work. He believes in learning through experiences rather than textbooks. The philosophy in his life is to think out of the box, innovate, take initiatives and enjoy the work you do.

His mantra for success is Opportunities Numerous & Passionate about creating awareness on financial literacy in rural areas and help them to achieve their dreams with financial independence.

Govvindraja

CFO & Managing Partner - MoneyBag Ventures

Govvindraja is a Chartered Accountant & a Company Secretary with around 12 years of experience with a proven record of successful Corporate Strategy,Finance & Business Operations.He is also Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Champion.He started his career in a US based MNC then worked for a UK based Online Marketing Company. In his previeous job, he worked for an UAE based IT company in the capacity of Director - Finance & HRA. He is passionate about encouraging Entrepreneurship. He has contributed to the growth of many organization across varied organisations ranging from Venture Capital, Manufacturing, Online Marketing & IT Industry.

Yashwant Gourisetti

CEO of Gseas

Yashwant is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur with around 20 years of experience working with global technology and finance companies and developing software products and delivering IT solutions to global and fortune 500 clients. A passionate technocrat with a strong blend of technical and management skills, he is always keen to take on new challenges and has implemented numerous greenfield projects and built and managed offshore development centers from scratch. He has a passion for exploring new stuff - be it the latest technologies, new places to travel, or exotic food to eat - and is a keen reader with an insatiable appetite for knowledge. He is currently the founder of GSeas, a startup focused on using technology to simplify learning and enable knowledge networking.

Sandeep Gadiya

Center Head, Mysore Branch

Sandeep is a BBM in HR from Mysore University, with 8 years of experience in the telecom industry (Vodafone) and also 2 years in the retail industry (Planet M Retail Ltd). He strongly believes Shiv Khera's Statement "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently. This has motivated him to do the things in style and become an entrepreneur in Basket Option. He heads the Mysore Branch.
He is strategic planner with acute management acumen.

He is strategic planner with good management skills. He loves to learn new things and is passionate of long drives.

Rishab Jain

Center Head, Dickenson Road Branch

Young and dynamic, Rishab has always had a flare for entrepreneurship. Began his venture Mind Pick Solution and moved on to become a Strategic Partner and Center Head at Stock Market Institute.
Rishab was ranked 24th in an all India level Commodity trading competition conducted by Futures First GHF group.A member of Toastmaster's International, he has been mastering the art of Public Speaking. He completed CC & elected as a MENTOR AND EVALUATOR for the year 2011-2013. Now pursuing ACB During his free time, Rishab can be found across Bangalore at various networking forums and socia activities.

Shyam Pawar S

Co-founder, 100ml Design Studio

Shyam is THE IT man at Basket Option. With over 8 years of experience, his strengths lie in designing and website development. Known as the man with the golden touch, Shyam is a passionate techie and a fantastic troubleshooter.
When not troubleshooting/designing, Shyam loves listening to music (read making others listen) and being up-to-date with the latest gadgets in the market.

R. Rajesh

Business Head - LoanBasket

Commerce Graduate from Bangalore University, with over 20 years experience in the Banking and Financial services industry having worked in Marketing & Sales, Credit and Collections of Retails loan products for Citi Bank, Tata Finance and IndusInd Bank. Strong Communicator and Team Builder with Good Networking skills. Believes in Success through Team work.

Chandra Kumar BK

Rock Solid

If 10 years in Karate, 6 years in Kickboxing and Martial Art Weapons isn't enough, the plethora of achievements in the Bangalore University level, State Level and the National Level Kickboxing Championship leaves one wide eyed
at BK Chandra Kumar's resume.

Having been a Martial Arts Instructor in Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate Do before pledging his alliance to Rock Solid Studios, his professional experience in the field leaves one with envy.

Some of his responsibilities include :

Conduct individual and group training on the basics of Martial arts & Kickboxing

Conduct specialized individual training for private students.

Identify and coach promising students to compete in local and national karate championship tournaments.

Design and develop course content and training methodology depending on age group and sex.

Provide learning feedback to students for improvement or further training.

Abdul Khader

Rock Solid

A national level silver medal in kickboxing asserts his growing credibility in improving fitness across the country.

Abdul's passion to spread awareness of a healthy and fitness oriented lifestyle shone through well before he was even 20, the aspirations to be promising entrepreneur with a unique identity already taking shape.

Prakash Choudhary

The Bull Run

Prakash Choudhary, started his journey at a tender age of 20 and is now an entrepreneur by profession leading Eduturks. With a robust financial background, he has touched more than 4,000 individual lives in spreading Financial literacy. He also is an active member of Toastmaster International.

His burning passion to build an empire of successful gateway has got him into the challenging world of business; and it all started when he refused to be a part of his family business plus start something of his own. He is young, dynamic and has got the perseverance of accepting the challenges with open hands. He loves to read books, put them into practical lives and consume marketing as his food and hence follows the gate path of an author Philip Kotler.

Sohail Saleem

Investment Advisor, RedLounge

Sohail Saleem is an entrepreneur and Co-Manages Red Lounge Wealth Management. He left his family
business to start on his own as he always told his dad “One day I will do something different in life and
would stand on my legs”. Professionally a Commerce Graduate and an Associate Financial Planner,
Sohail provides financial advisory and portfolio management services to High Net worth individuals. He
is a certified advisor by The Association of Mutual Funds of India and is currently pursuing Certified
Financial Planner - CFP.

Rahul Jain

Lucky Maskot

Basket Option Pvt Ltd

Basket Option started in 2005 with a vision to be a venture catalyst to ideas. Over the years, Basket Option has evolved into a group with interests in real estate and construction, parallel education, health care and financial services and many more. Today we have 23 and counting ventures in various sectors.